Bridgmanite

Bridgmanite is the accepted name for the mineral silicate perovskite, the most common mineral on Earth. It was discovered in Tenham chondrite meteorite, where it associates with another polymorph of MgSiO3 substance - akimotoite.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Tschauner, O., Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V.B, and Rossman, G.R., 2014. Discovery of bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in Earth, in a shocked meteorite. Science 346(6213), 1100-1102, DOI: 10.1126/science.1259369, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6213/1100
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